Life-saving suit.



A. CRINNION.

LIFE SAVING SUIT. APPLlcAnoN man SEPT. 1s. 1914...

1 ,140,025. Patented May 18, 1915.

OOOOO THE MORRIS PETERS CO., PHDTQ-LITHO., WAQHINGTQN. DA c ANNABEL cRiNNIoiv, or* rnusnme, NEW YORK.

LIFE-SAVING sUrr."

speciacation of Leftersratent.

i Patentediuay 18, 1915..

. Application led September 18, 1-914. Serial No. 862,353.

TQaZZ whom it may concern .y :BeA it known that I, ANNABEL CRINNION, a citizen of the United States, residing at Flushing, Long sland, in the county of Queens and State of New York,jh`ave invented certain new andv useful Improvements in Life-Saving Suits; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andy exact description of the invention', such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relatesto life saving suits and the primary object-of the invention is the provision of a suit forprotecting a person against fire or smoke so as to enable them yto be lowered or carried from a building which is being devastated by fire without personal injury to the party.

. Another object of this invention is the provision of a suit which may have an inner layer of buoyant material such as cork or the like, and provided for the purpose of Y saving lives at sea which buoyant material willV cause the person upon which the suit is mounted vto float upon the water.

, A still further object of this irwntion is the provision of gloves or hand coverings formed upon the suit which are provided with a plurality of grooves formed in the palm thereof for permitting a person to slide down a rope without burning or abrasing his hands.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, this invention consists in such novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail Ireference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a view of the improved life saving suit `showing parts thereof broken away to expose the internal construction of thesuit, Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the body of the improved life saving suit, which is formed of canvas or other suitable material and is substantially sack shaped, having arms 2 and 3 formed thereupon in the proper position for receiving a persons arms and a helmet or head portion: lformed uponthe upper end -of the body portion and connected thereto by a'neck band 5. f

The helmet 4 has a plurality of small perforations 6 formed therein, which are provided for the permitting ofl air to enter the helmet' to permit of the breathing of the peri.

helmet 4 has a slot 7 formed therein, in which slot is mounted isinglass or other son upon which the suit is mounted. The

transparentmaterial for position in front of the eyes of the person to permit themlto see through the helmet. cushions mounted therein against which the head of the personr wearing the suit rests. A metallic plate 9 is also mounted in the helmet and has a ring 10 secured thereto,

which ring is provided for engagement with i a rope, hook orthe like vfor lowering aperson out of a building.

The body portion l of the life saving suit is provided with a slit or opening formed therein, the marginal edges of which overlap as is shown at l1 in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and the overlapping marginal edges of this slit are fastened together by ordinary glovev fasteners 12.L The slit is provided to permit a person toget intothe life saving suit.

When it is desired to use the life saving The helmet '4; has

suit in connection lwith buildings for peri mitting a person to escape therefrom in case of fire, a weight 13 is mounted in the lowermost portionA of the bodyl 1 so asto cause the suit to fall bottom down and holdaperson in a proper positionl when they are escaping from a building. Cushions 14 are mounted upon the'upperV "surface of 4the weight 13 for cushioning the feet of the person in the suit. Y

The body portion 1 of the suit has any desirable number of pockets 15 formed in the inner surface thereof for containing valua- "bles or like articles lwhen the person is escaping from either a fire infestedbuilding or sinking ship. f Y

When the suit is used for life saving pur-4 which the suit is formed is coated with aV non-combustible substance to prevent the same from catching lire from the flames in s the building.

The gloves or hand coverings 16 and 17 which are formed atthe terminals of the arms V2 and 3 may be either of mitten or glove shape, as desired and vmay have a layer of cork or other similar material formed on the palms thereof, which layers 18 of cork are provided With grooves 19 formed therein for receiving a rope, cable or the like to permit of a person sliding down a rope Without abrasing his hands.

When it is desired to use the life saving suit for saving lives at sea, in case of a sinking ship, the entire suit is lined With a layer of cork as indicated at 20, or any other suitable buoyant materia-l may be employed, and the Weight 13 is removed from the bottom of the suit, so as to permit the suit to fioat on the Water.

In reducing the invention to practice, certain minor features of construction,'combi nation and arrangement of parts may necessitate alterations to Which the patentee is entitled provided such alterations are comprehended Within the scope of What is claimed.

Vvhat is claimed is l. In a life saving suit, a substantially sack shaped body portion, arms formed upon said body portion, gloves formed at the terminals of said arms, layers of cork formed upon the palms of said gloves.

2. In a life-saving suit, a substantially sack shaped body portion, arms formed upon said body portion, gloves formed at the terminals of said arms, layers of cork formed upon the palms of said gloves, and a Weight mounted in the lowermost portion of said body portion.

In a life-saving suit, a substantially sack shaped body portion coated With noncombustible material, arms formed upoin said body portion, gloves formed at the terminals of said arms, layers of cork formed upon the palms of said gloves, a Weight mounted in the lowermost portion of said body portion, a detachable cushion mounted in the lower portion of said body portion and upon said Weight.

4. In a life saving suit, a substantially sack shaped fabric body portion coated With non-combustible material, arms formed upon the sides of said body portion, hand coverings formed at the terminals of said arms, a layer of cork mounted upon the palms of said hand coverings, a'helmet secured to the uppermost portion of said body portion, a neck band connecting said helmet and said body portion, and a Weight mounted in the loivermost portion of said body portion.

5. In a life-saving suit, a substantially sack shaped body portion coated With noncombustible material, arms formed upon the sides of said body portion, hand coverings formed at the terminals of said arms, a layer of cork mounted upon the palms of said hand coverings, a helmet secured to the uppermost portion of said body portion, a neck band connecting said helmet and said body portion, a Weight mounted in the loivermost portion of said body portion, cushions mounted in the lower portion of said body portion and resting upon said Weight, and a detachable cushion mounted in the upper portion of said helmet.

6. In a life-saving suit, a substantially sack shaped fabric body portion, arms formed upon said body portion, hand coverings formed at the terminals of said arms, a helmet secured to the uppermost portion of said body portion, a neck band connecting said body portion and said helmet, a layer of buoyant material secured to the inner surface of said body portion and said arm, and detachable cushions mounted in the upper portion of said helmet and the lowermost portion of said body portion.

In testimony whereof I aiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ANNABEL GRINNION.

Witnesses:

MARGARET FoGAR'rY, CHARLES L. TRAVIS.

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